Learn how to ask over the phone for a medical appointment, and how to talk about injuries using transitive and intransitive verbs
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| INTRODUCTION |
| John: Hi everyone, and welcome back to PersianPod101.com. This is Intermediate Season 1 Lesson 7 - Making a Medical Appointment in Persian. John Here. |
| Mehrnaz: سلام (salaam) I'm Mehrnaz. |
| John: In this lesson, you’ll learn about transitive and intransitive verbs in Persian. The conversation takes place on the phone. |
| Mehrnaz: It's between Bita Amini and Kaveh Saber. |
| John: The speakers are strangers, therefore, they will speak formal Persian. Okay, let's listen to the conversation. |
| DIALOGUE |
| بیتا امینی: مطب دکتر عندلیبی. بفرمایید! |
| کاوه صابر: سلام، یه (یک) وقت می خواستم. |
| بیتا امینی: این جا پرونده دارین (دارین)؟ |
| کاوه صابر: بله، شماره پرونده ام ۱۳۴۳(است). |
| بیتا امینی: مشکلتون (مشکلتان) دقیقاً چیه (چیست)؟ |
| کاوه صابر: هفته قبل موقع خوردن آجیل کنار دندونم (دندانم) شکست. اولش مشکلی نداشتم اما الان دو روزه (روز است) که به شدت درد میکنه (می‌کند). آب سرد یا گرم نمی‌تونم (نمی‌توانم) بخورم و با اون سمت فکم نمی‌تونم (نمی‌توانم) چیزی بجوم. |
| بیتا امینی: لثه‌تون (لثه‌تان) خونریزی هم داشته (داشته است)؟ |
| کاوه صابر: نه، ولی شدیداً ورم کرده و دهنم (دهانم) طعم بدی داره (دارد). |
| بیتا امینی: بسیار خوب، به نظر می‌رسه (می‌رسد) که مورد شما اورژانسیه (اورژانسی است). باید ببینم که اولین وقت خالی دکتر کیه (کی هست). می‌تونید (می‌توانید) فردا صبح ساعت ۹ تشریف بیارین (بیاورید)؟ |
| کاوه صابر: بله می‌تونم (می‌توانم). |
| بیتا امینی: پس برای این که کارتون (کارتان) زودتر انجام بشه (بشود) نیم ساعت زودتر بیاید (بیایید) که عکس رادیولوژی دندون تونم (دندان تان را هم) بگیرین (بگیرین). |
| کاوه صابر: ممنونم. خیلی لطف کردین (کردید). |
| John: Listen to the conversation with the English translation: |
| Bita Amini: Dr. Andalibi's office. How may I help you? |
| Kaveh Saber: Hello. I'd like to schedule an appointment with the doctor. |
| Bita Amini: Do you have a file here? |
| Kaveh Saber: Yes, my file number's 1343. |
| Bita Amini: What seems to be the problem? |
| Kaveh Saber: Last week, I chipped my tooth when I was eating nuts. At first, I had no problem but it's been two days that it’s been hurting severely. I can't chew anything with that side of my jaw. |
| Bita Amini: Have your gums bled, as well? |
| Kaveh Saber: No, but they're swollen severely, and I have a bad taste in my mouth. |
| Bita Amini: Alright, it seems you've got an urgent case. I need to see when the doctor's first available window is... Are you able to come in tomorrow morning at 9? |
| Kaveh Saber: Yes, I am. |
| Bita Amini: So to speed up the process, please come in half an hour earlier to take your tooth X-ray. |
| Kaveh Saber: Thank you so much. |
| POST CONVERSATION BANTER |
| John: I hope Kaveh can get everything sorted out quickly and easily. Tooth pain is not fun! |
| Mehrnaz: No, it isn’t! |
| John: How is healthcare paid for in Iran? Is there health insurance? |
| Mehrnaz: Yes, in fact there are two major types of health insurance. |
| John: What are they? |
| Mehrnaz: The first is offered by سازمان تامین اجتماعی , the "Social Security Organization." |
| John: Social? Is that one government run? |
| Mehrnaz: Yes, it is. It’s run by the Ministry of Welfare and Social Security. The other type of insurance is offered by private companies. |
| John: Do all doctors charge the same amount? |
| Mehrnaz: There are regulations governing the costs, but you might get charged differently by different doctors. |
| John: Do people in Iran often go to the dentists? |
| Mehrnaz: Actually, some people skip the dentist in the hope of keeping their medical bills low. I wouldn’t recommend that though! |
| John: Okay, now onto the vocab. |
| VOCAB LIST |
| John: Let’s take a look at the vocabulary from this lesson. The first word is... |
| Mehrnaz: مطب [natural native speed] |
| John: (doctor's) office |
| Mehrnaz: مطب [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Mehrnaz: مطب [natural native speed] |
| John: Next we have... |
| Mehrnaz: بفرمایید [natural native speed] |
| John: How may I help you? |
| Mehrnaz: بفرمایید [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Mehrnaz: بفرمایید [natural native speed] |
| John: Next we have... |
| Mehrnaz: وقت [natural native speed] |
| John: appointment |
| Mehrnaz: وقت [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Mehrnaz: وقت [natural native speed] |
| John: Next we have... |
| Mehrnaz: پرونده [natural native speed] |
| John: file |
| Mehrnaz: پرونده [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Mehrnaz: پرونده [natural native speed] |
| John: Next we have... |
| Mehrnaz: به شدت [natural native speed] |
| John: severely |
| Mehrnaz: به شدت [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Mehrnaz: به شدت [natural native speed] |
| John: Next we have... |
| Mehrnaz: فک [natural native speed] |
| John: jaw |
| Mehrnaz: فک [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Mehrnaz: فک [natural native speed] |
| John: Next we have... |
| Mehrnaz: جویدن [natural native speed] |
| John: to chew |
| Mehrnaz: جویدن [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Mehrnaz: جویدن [natural native speed] |
| John: Next we have... |
| Mehrnaz: لثه [natural native speed] |
| John: gums |
| Mehrnaz: لثه [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Mehrnaz: لثه [natural native speed] |
| John: Next we have... |
| Mehrnaz: ورم کردن [natural native speed] |
| John: to swell |
| Mehrnaz: ورم کردن [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Mehrnaz: ورم کردن [natural native speed] |
| John: And last... |
| Mehrnaz: عکس رادیولوژی [natural native speed] |
| John: X-ray |
| Mehrnaz: عکس رادیولوژی [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Mehrnaz: عکس رادیولوژی [natural native speed] |
| KEY VOCAB AND PHRASES |
| John: Let's have a closer look at the usage of some of the words and phrases from this lesson. The first word is... |
| Mehrnaz: بفرمائید |
| John: meaning "How may I help you?" |
| John: In the beginner series, we learned that this phrase can also mean "Here you are." |
| Mehrnaz: It's the second person polite, or plural, subjunctive/imperative form of فرمودن . |
| John: This means "to order" or "to command." |
| Mehrnaz: You can use it to say "Here you are." |
| John: It can also be used for "What can I do for you?" and "After you." |
| Mehrnaz: It’s a polite phrase that you can use in informal and formal settings too. |
| John: Can you give us an example using this phrase? |
| Mehrnaz: Sure. For example, you can say... بیمارستان پارس. بفرمایید. |
| John: ...which means "Pars Hospital. How may I help you?" |
| John: Okay, what's the next word? |
| Mehrnaz: وقت گرفتن |
| John: meaning "get an appointment." |
| John: This is a phrase. |
| Mehrnaz: The first word is وقت , meaning "time" or "appointment," and the second word is گرفتن . |
| John: This means "to get" or "to obtain." |
| Mehrnaz: When you ask for an appointment, you use دادن , which means "to give." |
| John: Can you give us an example using this phrase? |
| Mehrnaz: Sure. For example, you can say... می خواستم یه (یک) وقت بگیرم. |
| John: ... which means "I'd like to get an appointment with the doctor." |
| John: Okay, now onto the lesson focus. |
Lesson focus |
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| John: In this lesson, you'll learn about transitive and intransitive verbs. Persian verbs are either transitive or intransitive. As you may already know, transitive verbs require an object. |
| Mehrnaz: The accusative, or direct marker را comes after any definite direct object. |
| John: One difference between Persian and English in the use of verbs comes when talking about injuries. |
| Mehrnaz: Yes, in Persian injuries happen to us. |
| John: But in English, we cause the injury. We say that "we broke our ankle," for example. |
| Mehrnaz: In Persian, we would say that a part of our body broke instead. |
| John: Let’s hear a sentence example. |
| Mehrnaz: از درخت افتادم و دستم شکست |
| John: "I fell off a tree and broke my hand." |
| Mehrnaz: رو یخ (روی یخ) لیز خوردم و مچ پام (پایم) در رفت. |
| John: "I slipped on the ice and sprained my ankle." For some other verbs though, it’s different. |
| Mehrnaz: موقع آشپزی دستمو (دستم را) بریدم. |
| John: "I cut my hand while cooking." |
| Mehrnaz: حواسم نبود و موقع خم شدن سرم رو (سرم را) کوبیدم به لبه صندلی. |
| John: "I wasn’t careful and when I was bending over, I banged my head into the edge of the chair." Now, let’s hear some useful phrases that you may hear at the doctors. |
| Mehrnaz: مشکلتون چیه؟ |
| John: "What’s wrong?" |
| Mehrnaz: م درد میکنه |
| John: "My…. hurts." |
| Mehrnaz: براتون (برایتان) مسکن می نویسم. |
| John: "I’ll prescribe you a painkiller." Let’s finish the lesson by looking at some adverbs of manners, used to describe how something is happening. |
| Mehrnaz: The preposition به (beh), literally meaning "to," when added to a noun makes an adverb. |
| John: Let’s list some. |
| Mehrnaz:به آهستگی/آهسته |
| John: "slowly." Can you also give us a sample sentence? |
| Mehrnaz: For example you can say به آهستگی از کنارم گذشت. |
| John: Which means "Slowly, he got past me." |
| Mehrnaz: Another adverb is به آسانی . |
| John: "easily" |
| Mehrnaz: به سختی |
| John: "hardly" or "barely," can you give us a sample sentence for this one too? |
| Mehrnaz:به سختی می‌شه (می‌شود) سنش رو (سنش را) حدس زد. |
| John: which means "You can hardly guess her (or his) age." |
Outro |
| John: Okay, that’s all for this lesson. Thank you for listening, everyone, and we’ll see you next time! Bye! |
| Mehrnaz: خداحافظ (khodaahaafez) |
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